Year: 2022
ABC Entertainment News
‘Golden Girls,’ ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ star Betty White dies at 99
Amanda Edwards/WireImage Betty White, the award-winning actress and comedian famed for her roles on The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died at age 99, ABC News has confirmed. Her longtime agent [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID live updates: US breaks weekly COVID-19 case record
GETTY/Horacio Villalobos (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 824,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID-19 stress may affect your physical well-being
Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 has touched all corners of the world — and fear, anxiety, and grief have followed in its wake. The pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health [Read More…]
ABC Health News
How to celebrate New Year’s Eve safely
Rob Kim/Getty Images (NEW YORK) – New Year’s Eve celebrations for 2021 were significantly scaled back due to COVID, with hopes of larger celebrations to mark 2022. But with case numbers surging, are this year’s [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Top COVID-19 test scientist says there’s no reason to stop using rapid tests
Hugh Hastings/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With questions swirling about how well rapid COVID-19 tests work when it comes to detecting the omicron variant, leading scientists are now reassuring the public that they do work, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective for children: Three CDC studies say
JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for children, according to three new studies released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One study, which evaluated [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
NBA speeds up COVID-19 return for some
GETTY/Justin Casterline (NEW YORK) — The NBA and National Basketball Players Association have agreed on new health and safety protocols that would further shorten the timetable for asymptomatic and vaccinated players to return to play after [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Progressives warn inaction on student debt could hurt Democrats in midterms
GETTY/Anna Moneymaker (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — While the Biden administration has once again extended the pause on student loan repayments, some progressives said that unless more is done, it could cost Democrats in the midterms in 2022. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden administration asks Supreme Court to hear ‘Remain in Mexico’ case
John Moore/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to hear arguments on ending the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy. The program — formally called the Migrant Protection Protocol — [Read More…]
ABC National News
FAA issues warning to travelers amid omicron surge: Delays will continue
iStock (NEW YORK) — The travel chaos continues for an eighth consecutive day Friday, with more than 1,600 U.S. cancellations as of 8 p.m. ET. The airlines have been grappling with the one-two punch of [Read More…]
ABC National News
As governor commutes trucker driver’s sentence, prosecutors vow to release new information from case
GETTY/Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post (DENVER) — Prosecutors who charged Rogel Aguilera-Mederos following a deadly crash vowed to release previously undisclosed information from the case to the public after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis granted the truck [Read More…]
ABC National News
1 suspect in custody, another still at large in connection with shooting of Illinois officers
GETTY/Chicago Tribune (ILLINOIS) — Police have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of two Illinois police officers that left one of them dead, while a second suspect remains at large, authorities said. Darius Sullivan, 25, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Naples Zoo supports deputy’s decision to shoot tiger after attack
GETTY/KONTROLAB (FLORIDA) — An official at the Naples Zoo, where a tiger attacked a man who allegedly stuck his hand in the cage, said on Friday that it supports that deputy’s decision to shoot the animal. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Prosecutors drop charges against two correctional officers in connection with Jeffrey Epstein suicide
GETTY/Spencer Platt (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in New York officially dropped charges against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas – the two correctional officers on duty when Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in a federal lockup there. In [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing grain and livestock futures: December 31, 2021
Mar. corn closed at $5.93 and 1/4, down 2 and 3/4 centsJan. soybeans closed at $13.28 and 3/4, up 1 centJan. soybean meal closed at $411.70, down $1.90Jan. soybean oil closed at 56.30, up 45 [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures mixed, nearby hogs lower
Cattle futures were mixed on little news to trade on. Live cattle were trading lower with some profit-taking and traders tidying up positions to close the year. Feeder cattle gained some support on muddling corn [Read More…]
Ag News
Wisconsin potato & vegetable growers support well remediation law changes
Wisconsin’s potato and vegetable growers would like to see the state’s well remediation program expanded. WPVGA’s Executive Director Tamas Houlihan tells Brownfield he testified in favor of State Senate Bill 678. He says the existing [Read More…]
Ag News
Commodities mixed to close the year
Soybeans trading higher to close the year on reports of diminishing crop conditions in southern Brazil and Argentina. January beans closed one cent higher at $13.28 and three quarters, March closed three quarters higher at [Read More…]
Ag News
Nebraska farmer likely to adjust crop rotation with high input costs
Record input costs are driving some farmers to adjust crop rotations for 2022. Quentin Connealy farms along the Missouri in Northeast Nebraska and says he’s likely to switch some rotations. “We can usually go [Read More…]
Weather
Wind Chill Advisory issued January 01 at 2:25AM MST until January 01 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast South Dakota, [Read More…]